Indonesia: Rescue and relief rushed to earthquake survivors - Jan 2021
Earthquake
How the score is calculated
The score starts at 8. It adds points from recorded affected, deaths, displaced and casualty counts, plus terms found in the story title, event type or status. For each count, only its highest matching band is used.
- Affected people
- 1–999: +5 · 1,000–9,999: +12 · 10,000–99,999: +20 · 100,000–999,999: +28 · 1 million+: +35
- Deaths
- 1–9: +8 · 10–99: +14 · 100–999: +22 · 1,000+: +30
- Displaced people
- 1–9,999: +6 · 10,000–99,999: +12 · 100,000+: +18
- Casualties
- 100 or more: +8
- Story wording
- +10 for terms such as catastrophe, famine, war, conflict, major earthquake, mass casualty or critical. Otherwise, +5 for active, ongoing, emergency, outbreak, cyclone or hurricane.
Score bands: Watch 0–24 · Moderate 25–49 · High 50–74 · Critical 75–100. Scores are capped at 100. Missing or unparseable figures add no points.
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Historical record
Status: CLOSED · Imported 2026-10-07
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In brief
- What happenedA strong earthquake of 6.2 M hit the Western part of Sulawesi on the early morning of 15 of January.
- How many affectedAffected persons: 15,000 · Deaths: 34 · Injured: 637
- What help is neededAccording to media, at least 30 people were killed, 637 injured and 15,000 displaced. ( ECHO, 15 Jan 2021 ) Red Cross specialist ambulance crews and first aid teams are treating people injured in the earthquake.
What changed
First retained snapshot
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Situation
A strong earthquake of 6.2 M hit the Western part of Sulawesi on the early morning of 15 of January. The epicenter of the quake was six km northeast of the city of Majene, at a depth of 10 km. The situation is still developing with possible aftershocks that could also trigger tsunami warnings. According to IFRC, the earthquake did not trigger a tsunami warning but was felt strongly for about seven seconds. According to media, at least 30 people were killed, 637 injured and 15,000 displaced. ( ECHO, 15 Jan 2021 ) Red Cross specialist ambulance crews and first aid teams are treating people injured in the earthquake. Over 630 have been injured, dozens killed and more than 15,000 displaced according to the Indonesian Disaster Mitigation Agency.( IFRC, 15 Jan 2021 ) A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the West Sulawesi Province in Indonesia in the early morning local time today (15 January). The earthquake happened about 6km north-east of the city of Majene, and the epicenter of the earthquake was shallow at 10km. A smaller 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck the same area yesterday (14 January) in the afternoon local time. As of 15 January at 2 PM local time, the Indonesian Disaster Management Agency BNPB has reported 34 people killed and 637 people injured. More than 15,000 people have been temporarily displaced in 10 evacuation sites. These numbers are likely to increase as search and rescue operations and assessments continue. ( OCHA, 15 Jan 2021
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WorldsAid verification
A WorldsAid editor reviewed this record against 1 attributed source, cleaned feed formatting and checked the crisis, place and reporting date. 4 human-impact figures were separated from the narrative and dated where the source allowed. Earlier observations remain in the evidence history instead of being silently overwritten.
Verified figures
- Affected persons
- 15,000 retained at 2021-01-15
- Deaths
- 34 retained at 2021-01-15
- Injured
- 637 retained at 2021-01-15
- Displaced persons
- 15,000 retained at 2021-01-15
What we knew when
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